Anthony
Hazelaar is from the Netherlands and has beenbuilding
models for some years. He is now building aseries
of Ford Model T pickup trucks and car models.I
thought that they looked quite nice and should have aplace
to display them.

Just wait here for a moment
and one ofAnthony's models will be right
along.I see one coming now !!!Yes and it's a 1923 Ford Model
T Depot Hack

The following is the first of
the series to be completed.Some of the model kits that
Anthony uses are quite rare and arecollectors items. The 1922 Ford
Model T Roadster and 1925 Ford Model T5-Window coupe are two examples.

This page shows only a small part of some of Anthony's
Models.The above link will take you to his own page with
the remainder of his collection

This page was last updated on Feb 25, 2017

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1923 Ford Model T Depot Hack

1923 Ford Model T Express Wagon

1923 Ford Model T Pickup

Anthony had the following to say about the1925 Ford Model T Stake Bed Truck

"The 1925 Stake Bed is a special conversion
made by me. The base is a 1925 T Pickup from AMT. The roadster body was replaced by a closed
cabin body. The closed cabin is actually the body from
a rare AMT 1925 Ford Model T 5-Window coupe. The 5-window body was cut in three sections:
the front part,which ends just behind the doors, the middle
part with the two smallwindows and the rear part.I discarded the middle section with the two
small windows and fitted the rear part to the front part. Result: a nice and rare 3-window closed cab. The rear fenders were removed to make place
for the stake bed. The stake bed itself was constructed from
40 pieces of cedar wood,7 plastic parts, 4 brass parts and 48 very
small nails.So I added a total of 99 parts to a kit which
only had 40 parts..."

1925 Ford Model T Stake Bed Truck

1925 Ford Model T Stake Bed Truck

1923 Ford Model T Police Depot Hack

1923 Ford Model T Police Depot Hack

1923 Ford Model T Police Depot Hack

1923 and 1927 Model T Police Cars

1927 Model T Police Car

1927 Model T Police Car

1925 Ford Model T Pickup

This car was build from a older AMT
kit. It looks like a pretty straight forward built kit, but I was a little
annoyed by the fact that the tailgate of the box wasn't functional.
To achieve real functionality I was forced to make two very
small 1/24 scale hinges.The hinges are about 1/13 of an inch wide
(that's about 2 mm)and about 1/25 of an inch thick (about 1 mm).
I used a small red copper strip from an old electric relay
to fabricate the outside of the hinges and used a 1/50 inch (0.5 mm)
thin brass wire as theactual hinge. It was a bit fiddling around
with all those small parts, but eventually everything worked. The fake
plastic chains,to keep the lid in the lower position, were
replaced by realcopper chains (officially it's anchor chain for small model
boats...).

1925 Ford Model T Pickup

1925 Ford Model T Tow Truck

This model started it's life as a AMT kit
froma 1925 Ford pickup. I shortened the sides of the bed and added
the towingequipment from another model (a Lindberg towing
truck kit).The towing equipment received some extra things
like lamps and reinforcement struts. The Lindberg kit also donated a toolbox.A spare wheel was added on the right side. The 'Tires and Tubes' decals were spare decals
from another kit.The towing equipment was not functional, but
I madeit fully functional with various parts.Which reminds me that I really should take
a picture of the tow truck 'inaction'...

1925 Ford Model T Tow Truck

This 1926 Model T Sedan Delivery was built from a customized kit by Revell. As Anthony
only buildsstock cars he had to 'uncustomize' it. The
custom body was lowered so that had to be raised to normal
stockheight and he used spare parts from two other AMT kits to replace the custom chassis and
wheels with a stock chassis and stock wheels. A stock front bumper and spare wheel were
alsoadded.

1926 Ford Model T Sedan Delivery

1926 Ford Model T Sedan Delivery

1926 Ford Model T Sedan Delivery

1926 Ford Model T Sedan Delivery

1927 Fort Model T 4 Door Phantom Tourer

1927 Fort Model T 4 Door Phantom Tourer

1927 Fort Model T 4 Door Phantom Tourer

This model was built by Anthony from a non-existing
kit.It was build from the remaining parts from
other AMT modelswith a lot of creative 'input' from him.

1924 Ford Model T Speedster

The 1924 Ford Model T Speedster started
it's life as a badly build '23 Model T Delivery Van (old AMT kit). I took the kit apart, restored the chassis
and enginebut wasn't sure what to do with the rest of
the car.After looking at a lot of Model T Ford pictures
I decided tomake my own Model T Speedster. The fenders
and fire wallwere donated by the '23 Delivery Van. The
firewall wasmodified (the windshield was cut off) and
downsized in heightand width (speed...!). The seats are from
an old AMT '25 Roadster kit and modified to look
like old stylebucket seats. The little tool box is from
a '34 Ford Pickup.The spare tire is a leftover from another
AMT '25 Roadster kit. The petrol tank used on the speedster models
are alwaysoval and with no spare tank at hand I had
to make one from scrap. The tank and seat frame were
madefrom 1 mm plastic. The oval shaped windshield,
oftenseen on speedster models, was also made from
scrap(actually, the clear plastic came from a CD
case...).Finishing touches were the 'gold' striping
on the fenders,tank, tool box and some other parts and the
small 'copper'Ford name on the radiator (a spare decal from
a customized kit).I'll never know if Henry Ford would have approved
this model for the production line, but I like it.

1924 Ford Model T Speedster

1924 Ford Model T Speedster

1924 Ford Model T Speedster

1924 Ford Model T Speedster

1922 Ford Model T Roadster

1922 Ford Model T Roadster

This car is built from a rare kitfrom the Aurora company

1922 Ford Model T Roadster

1922 Ford Model T Roadster at the service
station

I bought this finished Pickup on eBay a few
weeks ago.I had (conversion) plans for this kit, but
when I received it,it had a beautiful patina of dust. As the
seller said ''vintage dust included".I decided to keep the kit as it was, as a
kind of barn find.The only thing I changed was adding a front
license plate. I took some pictures with a proper 'layout' (the new owner is working on the car) and
I think you'll agree with me that it would have been
a pity tobreak up this kit for parts.

1924 Ford Model T Pickup

1924 Ford Model T Pickup

1924 Ford Model T Pickup

1924 Ford Model T Pickup

1924 Ford Model T Pickup

1924 Ford Model T Pickup

1924 Ford Model T Pickup

1924 Ford Model T Pickup

1924 Ford Model T Pickup

1925 Ford Model T Roadster

1925 Ford Model T Roadster

1925 Ford Model T Roadster

1925 Ford Model T Roadster

1925 Ford Model T 5-Window coupe

This car was built from a rare mid sixties
kit from AMT which was actually exclusively produced for
theFord Motor Company. Interested Ford buyers
received itas a kind of thank you for the interest they showed in the Ford cars.A rare, hard to find kit.

1925 Ford Model T 5-Window coupe

1925 Ford Model T 5-Window coupe

The building of a 1923
Model T Ford Fruitwagon

I started with a badly build AMT 1923
Delivery Van kit. The rear side panels from the van were removed
and thefruitwagon parts (fruit stand floor, rear
panel and panelbehind the driver) were added using 1mm plastic.The fruit stand was constructed from wood.The scales are a ready bought item but altered
to fit in the space under the fruit stand. A few weights
were made from plastic spare material and needle pins. Very
small stuff...The three 'canvas' curtains and the curved
reinforcementsyou see on the rear vertical struts are spare
parts from an other old AMT kit, the Depot Hack.And most of the fruit (the red, green, yellow,
orange and red)are the glass heads of needles.The 'MacDonald's Fruit' signs were designed
by me and printed on glossy paper using a high quality
color laser printer.And the name MacDonald.. well, that's my to
say thankyou to John MacDonald who's kind enough to
devote an entire page of his nice website to my car
models.

Anthony

1923 Delivery Van Chassis

1923 Ford Model T Fruitwagon Body

And Become a 1923 Ford Model T Fruitwagon

The majority of the parts you see on this
pictures aren't glued together, they are just partially assembled
to give you anidea about the progress.

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Anthony has built a 1921-1925
Ford Model T chassis.He wanted to show the chassis
detail which is usually not shown on models.It started it's life as a very
simple chassis from an older AMT kit. As usual he started with some
research to find out how the actual T chassis looked. That proved not to
be as easy as he thought. All though there are lot of pictures of the T
models, there are surprisingly few pictures showing just the chassis. Not
to mention things like information about the wiring diagram.But eventually he managed to
find all the information he needed and here are the result. He added to the model:- the brake pull rod on both
sides (very thin plastic rods)- the gasoline tank with fuel
line, sediment bowl and mounting struts(scrap built from plastic
and brass parts)- the spark plug wiring (made
from a single wire from an electric cable)- the ignition wiring (a small
electric cable with 4 wires, painted in theofficial green, blue,
red and black colors)- a horn on the left side of
the engine (of course also wired)

As usual on this page, you can
view a larger image by clicking on the picture.

1921-1925 Ford Model T Chassis

Anthony has done it again.
Another beautiful series of Model T FordsAgain you can click on the picture
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A rare model of a 1913 Ford Model T Touring.This kit was part of the Tonka Diorama "1913 America, The Model T Ford".

1913 Ford Model T Touring

1913 Ford Model T Touring

1913 Ford Model T Touring

1913 Ford Model T Touring

A 1923 Ford Model T Farm Truck.I used the chassis, engine hood, radiator,
floorpan and some other small parts (steering wheel and stuff
like that) from a1923 Delivery Wagon from AMT. The rest of
the 'bodywork' (firewall, flatbed) was made from real wood.
And of coursethe whole truck was given a special treatment
so it looks like a car which had a busy life at the farm.

A 1923 Ford Model T Farm Truck

A 1923 Ford Model T Farm Truck

A 1923 Ford Model T Farm Truck

A 1923 Ford Model T Farm Truck

A 1923 Ford Model T Farm Truck

The 1923 Ford Model TT 1-Ton Flatbed TruckThis model was a 1923 Roadster from AMT.The running boards were shortened and supports
were added. The rear fender assembly was removed. The
front part of thebody, the firewall and windscreen are from
the roadster body.The rest of the bodywork (the C-Cab shape)
was made of1 mm styrene. To produce these parts I made
thin cardboard molds of a 1923 Paddy Wagon parts.The flatbed structure was made of actual wood.

The 1923 Ford Model T 1-Ton Flatbed Truck

The 1923 Ford Model T 1-Ton Flatbed Truck

The 1923 Ford Model T 1-Ton Flatbed Truck

The 1923 Ford Model T 1-Ton Flatbed Truck

A 1925 Ford Model T Touring.A conversion from a 1927 Model T Touring AMT kit to a 1925 Model T Touring.I used the rear body part from the 27 Touring
and the frontbody part with windscreen from a 25 Roadster. The seats were made from various roadster
partsand modified for the 25 'look'.

A 1925 Ford Model T Touring

A 1925 Ford Model T Touring

A 1925 Ford Model T Touring

A 1925 Ford Model T Touring

A couple of weeks ago I received an almost
complete AMT 1925 Model T Roadster 1/24 scale kit in
exchange forsome custom kit parts. And a couple of months
ago I boughta Monogram 1/24 scale Mack Bulldog Tank Truck(it was badly build) to save the chassis and
engine parts. As there never was a 1/24 scale kit of a Model
T Tank Truck(at least not a stock version) I decided to
give it a try and hereis the result. I 'borrowed' the tank from
the Mack Tank Truck. Actually it's only the top half which was
cut in several pieces to get the right width and length.The rest was
made of 1 mm plastic.The front part of the body, the firewall and
windscreen arefrom the '25 Roadster kit. The rest of the
bodywork(the C-Cab shape) was made of 1mm plastic
using the cardboardmolds of an AMT 1923 Paddy Wagon kit.

1925 Model T Texaco Tank Truck

1925 Model T Texaco Tank Truck

1925 Model T Texaco Tank Truck

1925 Model T Texaco Tank Truck

1925 Model T Texaco Tank Truck

The 1923 T Fruitwagon is the original
and very rare AMT kit. I've build another Fruitwagon, but this is the one
and only original one!I was lucky to get my hands on this kit for
a reasonable price because all the custom parts were missing. No problem
for me, as I always built stock models. A complete kit is rare and can
be very, very expensive. There is not much to add regarding building the
kit. It was build straight forward out the box. The only difficult thing
was painting the fruitstand. The fruit itself is not very realistic, just
one piece of plastic, but I think I got it right.

1923 Ford Model T Fruitwagon

1923 Ford Model T Fruitwagon

1923 Ford Model T Fruitwagon

1923 Ford Model T Fruitwagon

1923 Ford Model T Fruitwagon

The 1923 T Paddy Wagon is another
rare AMT kit. Very difficult to get one, but I finally got one in 2005.
As usual the kit was build as a stock model.There was a decal sheet with Police decals,
but after 37 years (the kit is from 1969) these were deteriorated and unusable.
To replace them I had some Police signs photoetched and after a paint job
they look very smart on the car.

1923 Ford Model T Paddy Wagon

1923 Ford Model T Paddy Wagon

1923 Ford Model T Paddy Wagon

1920's Ford Model T Police

The 1927 T Fire Truck is one of
the rare AMT kits I managed to buy in 2005. The kit is from 1969 and was
sold in those days for $ 1.38. And you really don't want to know what you
have to pay for a mint kit today... My kit was complete, but the box was
very bad. Actually, it was falling apart so I got the kit for a decent
price. As all my models this kit was build as a stock model. The kit included
decals for the Riverside Fire Department, but after 37 years the decals
had deteriorated due to age. I had another set custom made for me and allthough
they don't show very well on the pictures theyare very nice (and expensive...).

1927 Ford Model T Fire Truck

1927 Ford Model T Fire Truck

1927 Ford Model T Fire Truck

1927 Ford Model T Fire Truck

1927 Ford Model T Fire Truck

1927 Ford Model T Fire Truck

1925 damaged 5 window coupe body

The 1925 Ford Model TT Dump Truck:

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to buy a AMT 1923 Ford
Model T kit on eBay for only $ 6.00. A rare kit because of the unusual
transfers. I couldn't resist so I bought it.After fiddling around with it in my mind for a few days I noticed
a picture of a Ford Model TT Dump Truck. And I suddenly realised that that
could be a great final for my Ford Model T Project. I have to mention that
I also have a body of an AMT 5-window T which was very bad (and cheap..<g>).
It had actually holes in the body (see picture 1925 damaged 5-window coupe.jpg),
but I managed to restore it a few months ago allthough I had no idea what
to do with it. After some consideration I decided to transform the 5-windowbody to a 2-door closed cab which was perfect for the dump truck.Next thing to do was to modify the T chassis to TT chassis. The
normal T chassis has a 100 inch wheelbase and the TT has a 124 inch wheelbase
so I had to lenghten the chassis with 1.9cm. From the fender assembly the
rear fenders, part of the running board and bodywork were removed. The
dump section was completely built from scratch and the design is as close
as I could get to an old style dump truck with old style reinforcments
on both sides. I think I got it pretty right. And now for the most difficult
part: how the heck did an early dump truck work? I figured out that an
expensive hydraulic system (or something like that) wouldn't make sense
on a cheap Ford Truck so I decided to do some investigation an eventually
found a few pictures of manually operated dump trucks. Right, sooo... how to make a fully functional 1/24 scale manuallyoperated dump truck...? Well, after a week of thinking ( I was for
a short period an engineer, car designer, mechanic, whatever...) and three
days of construction I had the perfect working solution. It was great fun,
but probably one of the most difficult conversions I've ever made.And here are the pictures of the 'official' 1925 Ford Model TT "Green
Acres Construction Co." Dump Truck.

1925 Ford Model TT Dump Truck

1925 Ford Model TT Dump Truck

1925 Ford Model TT Dump Truck

1925 Ford Model TT Dump Truck

1925 Ford Model TT Dump Truck

1925 Ford Model TT Dump Truck

1925 Ford Model TT Dump Truck

1925 Ford Model TT Dump Truck

The 1925 Model TT Hearse

To Build the build the Model TT Hearse Anthony used
the following.

- 1923 AMT T Delivery Truck (left-over parts from previous
projects, the fender/running board assembly and roof)- 1925 AMT T Roadster (used the left-over body for
the lower part of the cabin)- 1925 AMT T Roadster (chassis, engine, tires, wheels,
radiator, engine hood; spare parts received from a fellow model builder)- 1927 AMT T Touring (the red seat in the cabin)The chassis and running boards were lengthened to
get the right lenght for a Model T Truck.The upper part of the cabin was made from 1mm plastic.
The roof of the cabin is part of a 1923 AMTDelivery Van roof.

The wood interior you see on the pictures is African
padauk veneer, a dark red wood. It was sanded and lacquered eight times.
The last layer was sanded with very fine 1200 waterproof sandpaper to get
a super smooth satin finish. After that the veneer was cut in the correct
pieces, glued together and treated with a dark furniture wax. The floor
is oak veneer and was treated the same way as the padauk.

The hearse section was finished with some detail painting
with black/gold paint.

As I'm living in the Netherlands I was looking for a special Dutch
Ford Model T for my 1/25 scale Ford Model T collection and found a nice
example in a book about the history of my town, a 1919 Ford Model TT with
a special bodywork made by Mr. Pluim, a well known local carpenter. The
car was used by a furniture shop ('Meubileering Zandbergen' = 'Furniture
Zandbergen').The original picture was very small so I tried to figure out how
I could get a better picture. I was surprised when one of my older friends
told me that the one of the owners of the shop, Mr. Jaap Zandbergen, was
still alive. I found his phone number and asked him about some details.
Surprisingly enough he told me that he still had the original picture,
it was actually a kind of postcard, and asked me if I would be interested
to have the picture on loan for a few days. Well, of course I was. So I
asked him if I could pick it up. I figuredthat on his age, he is probably 91 years old, he wouldn't jump in
his car to bring me the picture. But Mr. Zandbergen declined that offer,
asked me were I lived and, as if it was the most normal thing to do for
a man of his age, said that he would ump on his bike and bring me the picture
Hang on, what did he say, his bike??Well, one hour later the doorbell rang and yes, old Mr. Zandbergen
had arrived on his bike. Talking about old fashioned service! A bit scary
though considering his age...Ofcourse I was pleased with the original picture, but it was not
in a very good condition. Not really bad, but with hundreds of small scratches,
white spots, black spots and so on. So I decided to restore the picture
to get a good and clear picture for my model. You can see the result below,
the b/w picture. Of course I made a super glossy print on A4 format of
the restored picture forMr. Zandbergen and needless to say that he was very, verypleased with the result.

BTW, Mr. Zandbergen told me that the car was used in the weekends for family business and for that purpose two wooden benches
could be installed in the rear section. How about that, in 1919 we already
had a MPV in our town! What's new...

I started with the main body construction but it's not an easy job,re-building a car from just one picture. The chassis is a stock
AMT '23 Delivery Van chassis which was lengthened to get the right lenght
for a Model T Truck . The bodywork is made from 1mm and 0.5mm plastic.
The inside of the cargo section is made from wood.The cargo reck on the roof was the most difficult thing. A total of 26 red copper and brass parts had to be soldered together.
I really don't like jobs like that, but it's one of those things you just
have do to.

The straight parts were not too difficult, but I had
a lot of problems to get the curved parts right. I managed to get all the doors working and also managed to get real
sliding windows on the right and left side of the drivers cabin. And the
little window on the separation wall behind the driver is also functional.
It can slide too. Neat details, but it does take a lot of manufacturing
time.The amount of parts I used for this part of the car, the main section,
isstaggering.I used:- 295 wood parts- 12 clear plastic parts - 186 white plastic parts- 29 copper/brass partsWhen I include the parts for the chassis and engine (31), this little
1/25kit has 553 parts. Phew....

Total building time was almost five months, including the small correctionsI made after I finished the model. Small things, but I had to geteverything perfect. It's a unique model as the original was only
buildonce, here in my town in the Netherlands.For the pictures I added some nice 1/25 scale doll house furniture.

The 1919 Ford Model T Furniture Van

The 1919 Ford Model T Furniture Van under construction

The 1919 Ford Model T Furniture Van under construction

The 1919 Ford Model T Furniture Van under construction

The 1919 Ford Model T Furniture Van under construction

The 1919 Ford Model T Furniture Van under construction

The 1919 Ford Model T Furniture Van under construction

The 1919 Ford Model T Furniture Van under construction

The 1919 Ford Model T Furniture Van

The 1919 Ford Model T Furniture Van

The 1919 Ford Model T Furniture Van

The 1919 Ford Model T Furniture Van

The 1919 Ford Model T Furniture Van

1920 Ford Model T Railcar

It all started when someone posted the B/W picture
of a Model T Railcar on the Hobby Heaven message boardand of course I couldn't resist ;-) Well, here it is: the 1920 Ford Model T Railcar. I used the standard chassis and radiator from an AMT
1925 Roadster kit and the spare engine hood from a '23 Delivery. For the
body I used the front door and window section from the roadster body. For the rear part of the body I used another spare
roadster body and added a section in the middle with 1mm plastic. The roadster
doors on the rear section didn't have the correct shape so I removed the
outlines and made new outlines with the correct shape. The front window frame was scrap made. The wheels are from a 1923 Budweiser kit and after
tinkering around with them for some time I got it finally right. I removed
all the spokes, added the wheel tread and flange, a solid centre and glued
the centre parts of the old wheel back in place. The tread was covered
with BMF.The top was a difficult part. I had spare tops from
the 1927 T Touring, but these were too short and the shape was all wrong.
I constructed the new top by cutting both touring tops in half, slightly
more than that to get the right length, and managed to get the shape right
with some plastic putty. And of course I added all the other little pieces,
mostly scrap made. The whole car was painted flat black and received
a nice coat of railway dust. The two electric lamps (I guess they are lamps...)
on the left and right below the windshield are still missing. I couldn't
get the right size of lamps, but found a nice pair a week ago. I should
have waited with the pictures until the car was ready, but I finished the
diorama yesterday and I was rather anxious to see how the pictures would
look with the railcar. Picture update follows...

1920 Ford Model T Railcar

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1920 Ford Model T Railcar

1920 Ford Model T Railcar

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1920 Ford Model T Railcar

1920 Ford Model T Railcar

1923 Ford Model T Tractor

As there are no 1/25 scale model kits from old Ford
tractors, I decided to design and make my own Ford Model T tractor. I started
with a standard chassis from an AMT kit which was shortened at the rear.
Engine is stock T with an extra transmission and larger differential from
another kit. The front wheels are from a AMT í23 Delivery Van kit.
I added a rim in the middle of the front wheels as often seen on these
vintage tractor wheels. The rear wheels are G scale luggage car wheels.
I added a 7mm wide 0.5mm thin strip on the wheels and made the ribs of
the wheels from Evergreen 2mm L-shaped profile. To add some realism I Ďboltedí
the ribs with Grandt Line #99 bolts.The driverís seat was made from a disposable plastic
coffee spoon. Steering wheel is from my spare parts box. The gas tank was
scrap made from plastic and put on top of the engine, a 'design feature'
other tractors had too in those days. The tool box was scrap made from
L-shaped plastic profile and thin strips of wood. The gear shift lever
is a simple pin with a small bead as knob.And the whiskey jug in the toolbox is from the AMT/Ertl
Beverly Hillbillies Buick kit.Thanks, Granny!I have to add some weathering to the wheels as they
look a bit too clean at the moment.

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1923 Ford Model T Tractor

1923 Ford Model T Tractor

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1923 Ford Model T Tractor

1923 Ford Model T Tractor

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1923 Ford Model T Tractor

And here are some pictures I made after I applied some weathering to the model. Not too much, just enough to make it look like it was used:

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1923 Ford Model T Tractor

1923 Ford Model T Tractor

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1923 Ford Model T Tractor

1923 Ford Model T Tractor

1927 Ford Model T Roadster

This car started as a resin model from Hendrix Mfg. Co.
The fenders of that kit are customized and as a strictly stock builder
I decided to use a 1927 Model T Touring fender assembly from the AMT Model
T Touring kit #6582. This kit was also used as the donor kit for the wheels,
tires, chassis and other parts. The rear fenders were cut off and replaced
by the rear resin fenders from the Hendrix kit. The interior parts and
front seat are again from the Touring.The body was a bit too low for a correct fit to the
stock AMT assembly, so I had to raise it by adding about 1.5 mm to the
underside.The wire wheels were a bit modified. I didn't like
the thick spokes, so I decided to trim them and removed as much material
as possible. It does look very nice, the spokes are less than 1mm thick
now, but the wheels are now very fragile due to the lack of material. In
the picture you can see the difference between the modified (upper part)
and unmodified (lower part) spokes.The windscreen from the AMT kit was a little bit too
wide for the roadster body, so I removed a small section in the middle.
The folded hood is from a í25 AMT kit. It was also a bit too wide and about
2mm were removed in the middle. The body and wheels were painted in Tamiya
bright red.

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1927 Ford Model T Roadster

1927 Ford Model T Roadster

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Before
After

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1927 Ford Model T Roadster

1927 Ford Model T Roadster

1926 Ford Model T Tudor

This time a 1926 Ford Model T Tudor Sedan, converted
to stock using a Revell 1926 Model T Sedan Delivery and an AMT 1927 Model
T Touring. Some time ago I 'un-customized' the Revell 1926 Ford T Sedan
Delivery. And a member of the Model T Club of America suggested using the
Sedan Delivery as base for the 1926 Tudor.I had a kit from the 1927 Touring, so I decided to
use that kit for the chassis, engine, engine hood and fender assembly.The body of the Revell was lowered so I added a 1.5mm
strip to the underside to bring it back to normal height. The rear of the
body had wheel arches to fit the custom tires and were filled with plastic.
Basically the same work what I had done before on the Sedan Delivery. I
had to use the custom dashboard because of the width and shape, but removed
all the gauges and other stuff. They were replaced with the original gauges
of the stock version. These were cut out of a stock dashboard and thinned
by filing that much from the back until they were thin enough. And in the
process I thinned the skin of my fingers too...I also added the support for the steering wheel underneath
the dashboard.After that I had to find out how to deal with the
inside of the body. Obviously I couldn't use the custom panel work, but
I would like to have some kind of original panel work. First I tried to
make some of 1mm styrene, but that was too thick for the curved ends at
the rear. The 0.5mm was much better, so that problem was solved. But after
cutting out the windows... well, I had to be very careful handling the
pieces as there was not much material left at the top of the panels as
you can see. Next problem was the front window. I couldn't use the nice
custom window (with two wipers instead of one), so I had to figure out
a way to get a new frame. After tinkering around with some styrene I made
the front part of the windshield from 0.25mm styrene and the rear part
from 0.5mm styrene so I could 'sandwich' the clear window between them.
Again, after the frame was cut I had to be extremely careful handling the
0.25mm thick (thin...) frame. Oh well, it turned out nice. I glued in place,
but I left it a little bit ajar. Yeah I know, showing off...The rear bench is from the '27 Touring kit and the
front seats are from an early A Ford Woodie.After I found a good, large picture of the spare wheel
I could finally figure out how it was mounted on the chassis and build
it from scrap.The last thing I added was a rear view mirror, mounted
on the top hinge of the drivers door with help of a tiny strip of red copper
(about 4mm long and 1mm wide... boy, I lost that thing about three times...
lol) and the shortened rear view mirror of the Revell kit. The last thing
I changed were the front and rear bumper mounting brackets. They were a
bit too long, so shortened them by about 2mm.

All in all a lot of work, but I think the result looks
pretty stock now.

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Restoring a resin 1926 Ford Model T Coupe.

Anthony has spent over five months restoring a resin
model of a 1926 Ford Model T Coupe. It took that long to get every detail
right, but now the master for the model is ready. Only thing left for me
is to fine someone who can cast this little gem in resin (resin is a natural
or synthetic compound which begins in a highly viscous state and hardens
with treatment and often used by model builders to make small runs of a master).

I bought this resin model a long time ago. I've never seen it
on theeBay auction site again, so I presume the person who made thiswent out of resin business. It was not a very good cast, but with some TLC it still could make a nice model of the rare Coupe(read: how to make a silk purse from a pig's ear...):

A small strip of Evergreen was used to get the correct height:

The rear fenders from the '27 Touring were used and modified:

The trunk lines were re-scribed at the correct place and about 100 little holes were filled:

I finally found some large pictures on the internet of a '26
Coupe and made a lot of corrections. The window frames in the doors were
not correct and the distance between the top of the window frames and the
roof was wrong. So to get everything right I decided to cut of the old
roof, checked and corrected everything and made a new roof.

The firewall got some attention. I added a few details and it
lookspretty original now. I discovered that the sunvisor of a'29 Ford Pickup was almost perfect and with some modificationsit's now a '26 Model T sunvisor.The complete car, now finished as it should be:

The roof, windshield frame and sunvisor are still seperate parts:

The fender assembly also received some details. Maybe theylook a bit large, but I figured that in the process of sanding a

resin body these easily could be lost completely so I decidedthat a slightly larger size would be more sensible:

And now I have to find someone who can cast this
little gem in resin....

In October 2010 I finished the 1926 Ford Model T 'Doctors'
Coupe for which I made the master and Jimmy Flintstone did the casting. The project started with a not very well made casting
which I bought several years ago. You can see that body on the first picture.A lot of work and weeks later I finally got a correct
Coupe body and fender assembly. That's the second picture. After I posted some pictures from the body/fender
parts on teh Spotloght Hobbies Message Board the general comment was: 'You
have to cast that thing!'.Which was not a bad idea :-)I contacted Jimmy Flintstone, a professional caster,
and he was willing to have a go at it. And the result of his work was very
good, see picture three.Right, now that I had a couple of resin kits of the
'26 T Coupe it was time to build one.And to find out if I made any big (master) boo-boo's...Well, surprisingly enough it all went together rather
smooth.The floor section was easy and for the interior parts
I made some panels from 010" styrene. On the back of the panels I glued
another piece of 010" styrene with a slighlty bigger window frame.
That enabled me to slide the windows, made from 010" clear styrene, in
place by just sliding them in that slot. You can see that on picture seven.Ofcourse that neat little trick only works with straight
windows.To be sure that the body would fit on the right place
on the fender assembly, I mounted two 1 mm brass pins in the body. Two
1mm holes in the fender assembly would secure the body in the correct place.I added as much details as I could to the interior.
And I remembered just in time to take some pictures of it, before I glued
the roof in place ;-)On the last five pictures you can see the finished
car.And to answer the question: Did I discover any big
mistakes?No, no big mistakes.Just a few things that needed attention in case I
ever should make another master.For example, making all parts fit is nice, but a too
correct fit means that there's not enough room for the parts to get together
after the paint job. Next time, I'll leave a bit more space between the
parts.And allthough I was afraid that some details wouldn't
'survive' the casting process, everything turned out very nice.Maybe I'll have a go at another T.....

1924 Ford Model T Forest Fire Department

I finally had time in November 2008 to start a new
Model T project! Brian Austin posted this picture on the Spotlight Hobbies
Message Board (http://wwwboard.spotlighthobbies.com)
some time ago:

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Well, I couldnít resist (as usual...) and started in November
2008 with one of the most difficult parts: the pump assembly at the front.
Almost all parts were scratch built except two brass and onealuminium part and the red valve handle at the top, I Ďstoleí thatfrom an old Italeri Fire Jeep kit...For the rest of the car I used only the spare Model T parts I had laying around in my parts stash. 'No complete model kits were
harmed or used in the process of making this car' ;-)

The rear view; I added a small water tank and somebigger rear tires and wheels:

Top rear view:

The pump is a bit bigger than on Brian's original picture, but
itísfine with me. It's almost ready, just a few more things to add andI have to figure out how the whole unit was mounted on the car:

I had plans to add some more (heavier) things to the Ford, but
I remembered in time what my fellow model builder Art Anderson said about
the underpowered T engine, so the only things Iím going add are a couple of water hoses, a spare tire on the drivers side and somesmall things. I have two engine hoods for the car, a closed one
and an opened one as seen on the original picture. I had to remove about
a ton of plastic of the original hood to get the thickness right,
but I got the job done. And itís really, really thin now. And looking just
right.And after a few coatings with a fire red color and with a fewmore goodies added, you'll get an idea of the final shape.

I used all kind of parts for the kit. For example, the brass
handrailing you see on the tank was made from 0.5mm brass wire and small stanchions they use on model ships.And the nice brass ends on the firehoses are actually portholes they use on small scale... yep, model ships.

I had to ask a co-worker at the office, who has a lathe, to make
the firehose nozzles. It did take some time, but earlyMarch 2009 I finally got them and I could finish the model.The text and logo in gold on the car were made with the DecalPRO
system. It does take a little time to get used to,it's not your average decal system, but the results are very good
(if interested, see the website: http://www.pulsarprofx.com/decalpro/)I added some wiring to the engine, made the lid of the tank functional,
added a brass bell at the driver's side (just in case) and a spare wheel.
I used a spare roadster body (from a 'glue bomb' kit) to get the extra
door I needed to create the open door on the passenger side. The fire hoses
are from my local Saab car dealer. It's just black electric wire from which
I removed the copper centre wires. Simple, but it looks very good. This kit has a lot of added parts. To get an idea: the spare wheel
assembly only was made from 31 seperate parts. The pump assembly at the
front took a staggering 101 seperate parts because of all the little bolts
and nuts I had to add for a realistic look

And here is the result:

I just finished the 1924 Ford Model T Speedster with the Mercury
Body from Aardvark models.No problems building the kit, but I changed a few things and added
a lot of details. This is my first Model T with a working steering system.
It took me two weeks to figure out a system that looked and realistic and
worked well.

Here's the whole story:

First I added some details to the ragtop. The resin top from the
kit had rudimentary resin mounting pins, but I decided to make proper mountings.
I glued a 0.5mm brass rod inside the top and left about 6mm to each side
as small mounting pin.

First I added some details to the ragtop. The resin top
from the kit had rudimentary resin mounting pins, but I decided to make
proper mountings. I glued a 0.5mm brass rod inside the top and left about
6mm to each side as small mounting pin.

And I made a pair of 3mm x 3mm brackets for the side
of the body from brass parts. Here you can see one for test fitting

While I was busy building and painting the parts, I suddenly thought
that this would be a great model to try to get steerable wheels on. I had
some ideas, but none of them looked very realistic. And if possiblethe wheels should roll too.After two weeks I finally had the solution

First of all, the front axle had to be modified.Here is a picture of the axle before the modification

And after the modification was made.

And here are all the parts of the steering assembly.

The completed steering arm. The thin litlle round plates you see
will be attached to the wheels, they are not glued to anything else thus
leaving the wheel free to revolve. They are hold in place by a small pin in the middle. The hole in the wheel (for the fixed steel axle) was widened to
provide room for the head of the pin.

This picture shows all the parts for the steering assembly put together.Remember, all this is 1/25 scale!

And this is how it looks on the car.

As it is a full fendered speedster, I decided to leave all other
parts as they were. Just as if someone had simply swapped the factory body
with the Mercury body.

A gas cap (with the red M for Mercury) was made from scrap. The windshield
got a few wind deflectors, leftovers from another T and resized to get
the correct height. The radiator was a bit reshaped. Irounded of the sharp edges at the top and added a small decal with
the Mercury emblem. The little door and trunk lid received handles and
the dashboard also received the necessary details.

And here are the pictures of the completed car.

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1925 Ford Model T Hotel Taxi

This is the 1925 Ford Model T Hotel Taxi. or my version
of the famous Monogram Tijuana Taxi!I was in the middle of my í34 Ford project and had
finished seven í34 Fordís with another seven to go. And I was looking for
a kind of in between model to do. When I noticed that Monogram had reissued the famous
Tijuana Taxi I immediately knew what to do!On the first two pictures you can see how the original
kit was supposed to look.I bought the Tijuana kit and started work on it. The
chassis, wheels and tires, engine came from the spare parts box. No problem,
lotís of T stuff there.First thing I had to do was to narrow the rear of
the body so it would fit to a í25 Ford fender assembly. And ofcourse I
had to add the correct piece of bodywork including firewall at the front.After that I made the divider with a window which
separates the driver from the rear passenger compartment.On the pictures you can see the progress and the changes
I made to the original bodywork.For the outside of the taxi I used as many parts of
the original Tijuana taxi as possible. I did add a small chest on the right
running board. Just because it looked nice. And after a paint job in black and maroon, hereís
the finished Model T Hotel Taxi.

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Anthony has started a new
series of Model A Ford models and along withthese he made a new background
whch took over 300 parts to compete.Again you can click on these
images for a larger view in a new window.

1929 Ford Model A Woodie

1929 Ford Model A Woodie

1929 Ford Model A Woodie

1929 Ford Model A Woodie

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Ford Models Click on the image

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real cars click on the images above

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